Educational Websites and Articles
We have compiled the following list of articles and websites to serve as a resource for parents, teachers, and students. The websites may provide useful supplemental information to support student learning. There are literally thousands of educational websites on the Internet, this list represents just a small fraction of what is available.
Note: FAME Public Charter School is not involved with the development of these sites, does not support information contained in these sites, nor specifically endorses them.
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| General Resources | |
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| Teaching Reading and Writing Ages 4-10 | BASIS @ FAME Article PDF |
| Teaching Spelling | BASIS @ FAME Article PDF |
| California Department of Education Standards | http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci |
| California Department of Education Reading List | http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/readinglist.asp |
| California Learning Resource Network | http://clrn.org/home/ |
| California State Library | http://www.lib.state.ca.us/ |
| Library of Congress | http://www.loc.gov/ |
| California Homeschool Network | http://californiahomeschool.net/default.htm |
| Homeschool.com | http://www.homeschool.com |
| HS Tutorials | http://hstutorials.net |
| Wikipedia | http://www.wikipedia.org |
| Smithsonian | http://www.smithsonian.org |
| Discovery School’s BJ Pinchbeck Homework Help | http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/ |
| Study Island | http://www.studyisland.com/ |
| American Library Association | http://www.ala.org/ |
| Lesson Plans and Teacher Resources | |
| Lesson PlanZ | http://www.lessonplanz.com/ |
| Art Lesson Plans | http://www.getty.edu/education/ |
| Blue Web’n, A library of Blue Ribbon Educational Sites http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ |
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| PBS Teacher Source | http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ |
| Online Study Guides | http://www.sparknotes.com/ |
| Cyber Guides | http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html |
| Lesson Plans | www.lessonplanspage.com |
| Enchanted Learning | http://www.enchantgedlearning.com |
| Online Learning Activities | http://www.eduweb.com |
| Worksheets | http://www.edhelper.com/ |
| More Worksheets | http://www.abcteach.com/ |
| Online Activities | http://www.brainpop.com |
| Houghton Mifflin | http://www.eduplace.com/ |
| Glencoe | http://www.glencoe.com |
| Prentice Hall | http://phschool.com/atschool/ |
| Holt, Rinehart, Winston | http://www.hrw.com |
| Performance Learning Systems | http://www.plsweb.com/ |
| Online Classes and Distance Learning | |
| Personal Professors: Algebra 1, 2, Biology, Geometry, Trigonometry and Pre-Calculus http://www.personalprofessors.com | |
| Odyssey Ware: Grade 3-12 Standard aligned curriculum. Core Subject Areas www.odysseyware.com | |
| North Dakota Independent Study: Core and Elective Curriculum grade 4-12 http://www.ndisonline.org/ |
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| Brigham Young University Independent Study: Online and Paper courses, Grade 7-12 http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/courses/index.cfm | |
| Laurel Springs: Text based and online curriculum, grades K-12
www.laurelsprings.com |
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| Stanford University Education Program for Gifted Youth http://epgy.stanford.edu/ |
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| Apex Learning: provides standards-based courses in math, science, English, social studies, world languages, electives, and Advanced Placement* for grades 6 through 12 www.apexlearning.com |
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| UCCP: Online, CA standards based courses in math, science, English, social studies, languages, electives and Advanced Placement for grades 6-12. Courses meet a-g requirements www.uccp.org |
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| National University Virtual High School : Online, CA standards based courses in math, science, English, social studies, languages, electives and Advanced Placement for grades 6-12 www.nuvhs.org |
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| Phonics | |
| Reading A-Z | http://www.readinga-z.com/ |
| Starfall | http://www.starfall.com/ |
| Literature, Reading and Writing | |
| Writing 5 Paragraph Essays | http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/index.html |
| Novel Guides: | http://www.gradesaver.com |
| Pink Monkey: | http://www.pinkmonkey.com |
| Web English Teacher: | http://webenglishteacher.com/guides.html |
| The Writing Company | http://www.writingco.com |
| Lexile Framework for Reading | http://www.lexile.com |
| Dolch Site Words http://www.janbrett.com/games/flash_card_dolch_word_list_main.htm |
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| Math Resources | |
| Webmath.com | http://www.webmath.com/ |
| Mathcounts.org http://www.mathcounts.org/webarticles/anmviewer.asp?a=196&z=60 |
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| Ask Dr. Math | http://mathforum.org |
| Algebra/Pre-Algebra | http://purplemath.com |
| Online Tutoring | http://www.personalprofessors.com/ |
| Science Resources | |
| Rock Around the World | http://mars3.jpl.nasa.gov/rockworld/ |
| NASA K-12 Internet Initiative | http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/index.html |
| Chemistry Comes Alive | http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/ |
| History/Social Studies/Geography | |
| Portraits of Famous People | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits |
| Resources for Social Studies Lessons | http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/ |
| National Geographic | http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ |
